Anecdotes of Public Men |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 51
Page 28
... heard of outside their own vicinage . Many a mediocrity becomes a celebrity when his name figures in the Congressional yeas and nays , just as many a nobler intellect remains rooted to the spot of its birth , full of knowledge of a ...
... heard of outside their own vicinage . Many a mediocrity becomes a celebrity when his name figures in the Congressional yeas and nays , just as many a nobler intellect remains rooted to the spot of its birth , full of knowledge of a ...
Page 30
... heard surpassed in either House of Congress , and I may safely say this , as I never heard Henry Clay . He lived , unhappily , in the days when short- hand reporting was in its infancy . His utterance was so rapid , his retorts so quick ...
... heard surpassed in either House of Congress , and I may safely say this , as I never heard Henry Clay . He lived , unhappily , in the days when short- hand reporting was in its infancy . His utterance was so rapid , his retorts so quick ...
Page 36
... heard you make a very fiery speech on a very cold night in Washington , in the early winter of 1860. It was from the window or balcony of a house on Missouri Avenue . " I looked at him with surprise , when he laughingly said : " I lived ...
... heard you make a very fiery speech on a very cold night in Washington , in the early winter of 1860. It was from the window or balcony of a house on Missouri Avenue . " I looked at him with surprise , when he laughingly said : " I lived ...
Page 38
... heard of a Democrat buying a negro and then giving her her liberty ! " He affected much indignation when President Lincoln con- signed Roger A. Pryor to me as a sort of prisoner - guest in 1865 , and regularly every morning would greet ...
... heard of a Democrat buying a negro and then giving her her liberty ! " He affected much indignation when President Lincoln con- signed Roger A. Pryor to me as a sort of prisoner - guest in 1865 , and regularly every morning would greet ...
Page 39
... heard the re- markable first message of the man who succeeded him , just as Andrew Johnson heard the still more remarkable inauguration of the man he succeeded . War followed the one , peace and assassination the other . The scene in ...
... heard the re- markable first message of the man who succeeded him , just as Andrew Johnson heard the still more remarkable inauguration of the man he succeeded . War followed the one , peace and assassination the other . The scene in ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abraham Lincoln Administration American Andrew Johnson anecdotes Baltimore beautiful Breckinridge Buren called candidate career Carolina character Charles cheers chief Clerk delighted Democratic died Douglas elected father followed forget Forrest gentleman George Government Governor grave hand heard heart Henry Clay honor Horace Binney Horace Greeley House hundred Jackson James Buchanan Jefferson Jefferson Davis John Quincy Adams justice Kansas Kentucky knew ladies lawyer leaders letter Lincoln living manners Massachusetts memory ment never North orator party patriot Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pierre Soulé political Polk present President railroad rebellion recollect remember reply Republican Robert Rufus Choate seat Secretary Senator in Congress slave slavery South Southern Speaker speech statesman story Street Thaddeus Stevens theatre thing thousand tion took Union United Virginia vote Washington Webster Whig William words wrote York young